#55217B#55217B

#55217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.147 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55217B
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 40.71, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 57.95, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0883 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.147 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.8646, 4.4492, 19.1795)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55217B #477B21

analogous

#28217B #55217B #7B2174

triadic

#55217B #7B5521 #217B55

tetradic

#55217B #7B2821 #477B21 #21747B

square

#55217B #7B2821 #477B21 #21747B

split-complementary

#55217B #747B21 #217B28

monochromatic

#12071A #34144B #55217B #762EAB #9648CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#55217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#55217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55217B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55217B	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.147 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a2',
    500: '#55217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55217b;
$custom-light: #8961a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37238,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55217B

secondary

#74AE4A

accent

#E14788

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55217B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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